Ten men Liverpool steal derby glory

Dirk Kuyt headed the only goal of the game for ten men Liverpool in Merseyside derby when Reds beat Everton to further their top-four ambitions.

Dirk Kuyt was on hand to nod home Steven Gerrard's corner from close distance in the 55th minute of a blood-and-thunder encounter, with Toffees goalkeeper Tim Howard at fault.

The Reds were reduced to 10 men in the 34th minute when defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini were involved in a collision.

Greek defender Kyrgiakos went in two-footed, while Fellaini was far from unblamable as he caught his opponent high on the leg, but it was only the Reds defender who was send off.

Fellaini was unable to continue, with Mikel Arteta coming on in his place, but Everton failed to take advantage of their numerical advantage and struggled to create any meaningful openings.

Referee Martin Atkinson dished out his second red card of the game in the dying seconds as Steven Pienaar, who had earlier been booked for a heavy challenge on Javier Mascherano, saw red for jumping into Gerrard.

Liverpool have now gone seven Premier League matches without defeat, keeping six clean sheets in the process

The defeat ends a run of nine matches unbeaten for Everton, but manager David Moyes might quietly admit his side simply did not do enough to earn any more from a match that saw Liverpool play more than 60 minutes a man down.